Description
On 13th November 2002 a delegation from the Horn Society, now based in Alberta, Canada, visited Aberdeen to see if a headdress at the museum was the final sacred bundle for which they had been searching. They were welcomed to the University by the Principal and museum staff after which they smudged and prayed before identifying the headdress. On 7th July 2004, at a public ceremony in the museum, ownership of the headdress was transferred and a Memorandum of Understanding signed to outline the conditions of the repatriation. At a private ceremony afterwards, the headdress was taken into the care of the Horn Society members.
Bibliographic sources
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/special-collections/documents/SLA_PDF/AmericanMaterials.pdf